Biotech: Unleashing the enormous potential
Brussels, 21 October 2005 Biotechnology is driving innovation in medicines, agriculture and industry. Biotech-based industrial techniques consume fewer resources, clean up the environment and provide...
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ICT in FP7 - opportunities for UK participants, 18 July in London
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 The UK National Contact Point will organise a conference on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), with a specific focus on information and communication technologies (ICT), on...
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France selects 13 advanced research networks
Brussels, 31 October 2006 Following a call for proposals, the French Government has selected a total of 13 Advanced Thematic Research Networks (RTRAs), which together will receive 鈧 200 million in...
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Commission Vice-President G眉nter Verheugen: 鈥 Meeting with the ENVI Committee
Strasbourg, 12th June 2006 Dear Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the invitation and am very glad to have another opportunity, after some considerable time, to discuss our...
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Portugal and MIT launch research and education initiative
Brussels, 26 October 2006 The Portuguese government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have signed a five-year partnership agreement to expand research and education links in the...
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Commission Vice President G眉nter Verheugen: The Commission鈥檚 new Biotech Policy -- Biotechnology Policy Day High Level Roundtable
Brussels, 22 September 2005 Biotechnology Policy Day High Level Roundtable Brussels, 22 September Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Hans KAST [Chairman of EuropaBio] for his kind...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Theories of Population Variation in Genes and GenomesBy Freddy Bugge Christiansen, professor of population biology, Aarhus University. Princeton University...
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The business of being a good v-c 1
A minor flurry of vice-chancellor resignations and retirements, with the prospect of a generation of more "businesslike" vice-chancellors ("Struggle to fill v-c job vacancies", July 21), should not...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand TourBy Carole Paul, lecturer in art history, University of California at Santa Barbara....
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Expert group says Europe could benefit more from research foundations
Brussels, 30 Jan 2006 Seeing an opportunity to boost research funding without asking more of either governments or industry, the European Commission has funded a study on the potential role of...
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French competitiveness clusters unveiled
Brussels, 20 Jul 2005 French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has announced the six industrial clusters and 61 competitiveness clusters or 'pôles de compétitivité...
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Renewable lobby calls for ring-fence
Brussels, 19 Jul 2006 The renewable energy industry associations have expressed their disappointment with the European Commission, who dropped a European Parliament decision to devote two-thirds of...
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Catalytic converters
Industry is greedy for graduates of sustainable development courses to help ensure that it enjoys long-term commercial returns. Matt Baker reports Sustainable development graduates are arguably among...
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Cap off: it is time to reconsider profile
Scramble to adjust market status has already begun ahead of 2009 review of tuition fees. Tony Tysome reports For many vice-chancellors, it has become a question of "when", not "if". The 2009 review...
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Appointments
The University of Bristol has made two senior appointments at its Centre for East Asian Studies. Yongjin Zhang will join from the University of Auckland as director of the centre and as professor of...